Big Bill Broonzy biography

Born: June 26, 1893, Scott, Mississippi

Died: August 15, 1958, Chicago, Illinois

Also known as: William Lee Conley Broonzy

As a young boy Big Bill Broonzy would return home from a day’s fieldwork with cornstalks, which he’d rub together as a homemade fiddle while his many brothers and sisters — 16 — danced to the music he made. By the age of 14 he was performing as a professional fiddler, and after moving to Chicago as an adult he switched to guitar. He became a prolific songwriter as well as a performer and recording artist and was a foundational contributor to the pre-war Chicago blues scene. He was a clever lyricist with a flair for narrative, and is known for having one of the largest and most versatile repertoires on record, from a slick urban blues sound to his acoustic country blues roots as well as folk and traditional spirituals. Broonzy also acted as a mentor to younger musicians, helping many of them secure performing dates and recording sessions. When the Chicago blues sound was transformed by the emergence of the electric guitar, Broonzy kept performing as a more itinerant folk-blues act, paving the way for the future of blues in Europe and the U.K. As he aged he continued to perform, even as he suffered from throat cancer, to which he succumbed in 1958.

Broonzy Discography

==ALBUMS==

1957 – Blues Et Gospel Vol.3 – tine: 00:41:25 – 160 kbps

1959 – Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson – Blues In The Mississippi Night – time: 00:43:57 – 192 kbps

1963 – Country Blues Vol. 1 – time: 00:42:21 – VBR~180

1965 – Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – XTRA – time: 00:51:23 – VBR~170

1968 – The Young Big Bill Broonzy 1928-1935 – time: 00:39:39 – VBR~150

1970 – Archive Of Folk Music (Everest) – time: 00:35:39 – VBR~192

1970 – Big Bill Broonzy & Pete Seeger In Concert (Verve Folkways) – time: 00:48:30 – 192 kbps

1971 – Leadbelly, Josh White, Big Bill Broonzy – A Treasury Of Folk Music – time: 00:25:44 – VBR~190

1973 – Do That Guitar Rag (1928-1935) – time: 00:40:57 – 320 kbps

1989 – Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam – time: 00:33:48 – 320 kbps

1990 – Good Time Tonight – time: 00:57:18 – 320 kbps

1990 – House Rent Stomp – time: 01:12:36 – 320 kbps

1990 – Trouble In Mind: Previously Unissued Live Concert Recordings – time: 00:52:37 – 320 kbps

1991-95 – Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order [Document Records] (12 CD) – time: 14:20:01 – 320 kbps

1991 – Big Bill Blues – time: 00:58:29 – 224 kbps

1993 – The Southern Blues – time: 00:40:06 – 320 kbps

1994 – The 1955 London Sessions – time: 00:39:27 – 224 kbps

1994 – Volume 2 1930 Complete Edition – time: 01:05:14 – 320 kbps

1999 – The Bill Broonzy Story (3 CD) – 03:24:02 – 320 kbps

2000 – Where The Blues Began – (2 CD) – time: 01:57:14 – 320 kbps

2001 – Play Your Hand – time: 01:14:21 – 192 kbps

2003 – All The Classic Sides 1928-1937 (5 CD) – time: 06:27:56 – 320 kbps

2003 – Tribute To Bill – Pye Blues Legends In London – time: 00:39:28 – 265 kbps

2004 – Get Back – time: 01:00:54 – 320 kbps

2005 – Part 2 (1937-1940) Remastered (JSP) (5 CD) – time: 04:46:09 – 320 kbps

2006 – Amsterdam Live Concerts 1953 (2 CD) – time: 01:52:54 – 256 kbps

2006 – Josh White Comes A-Visitin’ Big Bill Broonzy Comes A-Singin’ – time: 00:57:12 – 320 kbps

2007 – Roots of the Blues – time: 00:55:00 – 320 kbps

2007 – Volume 3… The War & Postwar Years – (4 CD) – time: 04:52:43 – 320 kbps

2010 – Four Classic Albums Plus (2 CD) – time: 02:37:33 – 320 kbps